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Copyright 1888. 

By Hard & Parsons,. 

New York. 









^ CHRISTMAS Song! a Christmas Song ! 

Listen, and hear as we trip alonct. 
We l<:no\v a place where the Christmas tide 

Smiles on a gentl)' flowing tide, 
And never a breath of frosty air 

Chills the heart of the (lowers there. 




, LL the day, all the da)-. 

In eddying' whirls we ,g'aily straw 
P^ollow the sunlig"ht's wavering gleam, 

Close to the banks where grasses lean. 
In nooks where mosses sniigK- lie. 

And violets ope a tender e\'c. 



q()rLL allo;it. all afloat. 

Wc follow the lightly skimminL;- boat; 

And many a tender vow and sigh, 

Hear as we wander softly b\' ; 

Anil many a wild l)ird's golden lay, 

Suiu'- in the twilight, soft and grey. 



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come away ; conic aw a\ . 

And joy with us this Christmas clay. 
Never a thought of cold we ])rino-, 

(rlad the strain of song we sing. 
Ripples of sweet remembrance we, 

On the beautiful tide of Memory. 



Anktk C. McOlKRN. 



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